James 3:7 BSB — MannaFest

James 3:7

All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,

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ASV

For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:

KJV

For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

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Commentary

3 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on James (1107)

This reason should be related to what was said above. The apostle said, and by the example of bits and a rudder explained, that although they are small, under good management they produce great results, and added that the tongue likewise must be managed rationally. …

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For every kind of beasts - The apostle proceeds to state another thing showing the power of the tongue, the fact that it is ungovernable, and that there is no power of man to keep it under control. Everything else but this has been tamed. It is unnecessary to refine on the expressions used here, by attempting to prove that it is literally true that every species of beasts, and birds, and fishes has been tamed.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The dative in the Greek may imply, "Hath suffered itself to be brought into tame subjection TO the nature of men." So it shall be in the millennial world; even now man, by gentle firmness, may tame the inferior animal, and even elevate its nature.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πᾶσα	Pasa	All	G3956 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
φύσις	phusis	kinds	G5449 →
θηρίων	thēriōn	of beasts	G2342 →
τε	te	both	G5037 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πετεινῶν,	peteinōn	of birds,	G4071 →
ἑρπετῶν	herpetōn	of creeping things	G2062 →
τε	te	both	G5037 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐναλίων	enaliōn	things of the sea	G1724 →
δαμάζεται	damazetai	is subdued	G1150 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δεδάμασται	dedamastai	he has been subdued	G1150 →
τῇ	tēa	by the	G3588 →
φύσει	phusei	race	G5449 →
τῇ	tēa	<the>	G3588 →
ἀνθρωπίνῃ·	anthrōpinē	human;	G442 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G1150damazetaiis subdued4×

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Mark 5:4
Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.
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- James 3:7–8
  All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About James